Soup recipes

What if you could have a soup that tasted like nachos? Well now you can. This vegetarian tortilla soup is topped with tortilla chips and ready in a flash.

Thanks to beetroot and red cabbage this vibrant soup looks and tastes great. Fennel and caraway seeds take the flavour up a notch to dinner party level.

If it's a spiced parsnip soup you're after, our curried parsnip soup is sure to deliver, made with storecupboard spices.

Chef Peter Gordon's zingy pumpkin soup packs in flavour and goodness thanks to ginger, saffron and chickpeas. Cheese and cream make it more indulgent.

Shechamandy is a hearty walnut soup from Georgia. This vegetarian recipe packs a flavour punch thanks to the mixture of wild mushrooms and pungent herbs.

Use up overripe tomatoes in this comforting soup. Roasting the tomatoes provides extra flavour while the croutons add a satisfying crunch. Double the recipe and freeze the leftovers for an easy midweek dinner.

Fresh parsley and lemon add extra zing to flavoursome chicken stock to produce a simple stracciatella soup, ready in only 10 minutes.

Marianna Leivaditaki's traditional Cretan soup, Kakavia, simmers potatoes, herbs and tomatoes with hake to add fantastic flavour to the silky broth.

A light, flavoursome carrot soup that’s ideal for batch cooking – double the recipe, eat half now, then freeze the rest for later.

A comforting bowlful of chicken and kale soup, seasoned with pesto. It's ready in 30 minutes, making it a nutritious as well as tasty midweek option.

Lebanese writer Bethany Kehdy's chilled soup brings together radishes and watercress with Middle Eastern flavours. A cooling bowlful for summer days.

Katy Beskow's vegan chowder has a heart, smoky flavour to it. Using frozen sweetcorn in this quick and easy recipe reduces the cooking time to 20 minutes.

A warming bowlful with the distinctive flavour of stilton. It's rich and hearty, easy to make and can be prepared ahead. Perfect for Christmas visitors.

A ready-made green curry paste means you can fast-track this Thai-style soup with prawns, noodles and broccoli midweek – it's on the table in 30 minutes.

Serve our creamy clam chowder – made with chorizo, sherry, fresh clams and wine – as a starter or main at your next dinner party.

Cumin and chilli add a spicy kick to Sybil Kapoor's hearty borlotti bean and tomato soup. Spinach adds more goodness to this an easy, satisfying supper.

This easy vegetarian lentil and spinach soup gets a flavour boost from cumin. A topping of fried onions and pine nuts gives it another upgrade.

A vegetarian leek and potato soup made with almond milk and almond butter for non-dairy creaminess. You can serve this soup chilled or warm.

Bring a taste of the alpine slopes to your home by making this creamy tartiflette soup with ham crisps. It can be prepared ahead or made and frozen, too.

Cheddar and ale are the winning combo in this creamy soup – if you like fondue you'll love Debbie Major's inspired, yet easy recipe.

The humble parsnip is turned into an induglent creamy soup by adding the richness of truffle oil and the salty kick of bacon. It's a hearty winter warmer.

Sausage and bean soup gets an Italian makeover in this speedy recipe that's ready in 20 minutes. Pesto is the secret to perking up this midweek meal.

Sometimes you just can't beat a classic French onion soup that is hearty, flavoursome and warms you up from the inside out. Here's our ultimate recipe.

Making a quick home-made stock adds bags of flavour to this Thai prawn soup. Butternut squash and coconut milk add creaminess to contrast the spice.